Global Cooling?

By: Meteorologist Ray Hawthorne Email

Posted: Mon 4:10 PM, Mar 10, 2008

Warming temperatures across the globe is a major concern among many scientists, politicians and others. But recent data shows a trend opposite of what we may have anticipated.

All four major global temperature tracking agencies report cooling between one-half and three-quarters of a degree Celsius in the past twelve months.

Many scientists believe this trend is an aberration caused by the La Nina, a cooling of Eastern Pacific Waters that can temporarily change worldwide weather patterns.

A smaller group of scientists believe; however, that this change is worth further study.

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